Job Category: Administration/Program Coordination

Requisition Number: COORD001307

- Posted : October 23, 2026
- Full-Time
- Hybrid

Locations

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CPA Edmonton
Edmonton, AB T5J2Z1, CAN

Description

Come work with us

Are you a self-starter, flexible and adaptable with great time management and organizational skills? Are you an experienced Event Planning professional who can ensure that events go off without a hitch? If so, keep reading

Reporting to the Manager, Events Management, the Coordinator, Events Management is responsible for ensuring the quality, consistency, and adherence to process for CPA Alberta’s events portfolio, across a variety of delivery formats (in person, virtual, and hybrid). They will also lead or support some of the organization’s events. To do so, the Coordinator will research, plan, and work collaboratively with Events Management team members and others across the organization to execute these events to a professional standard. They will also serve as contact and liaise with internal and external stakeholders by anticipating challenges, offering solutions that reflect industry best practices/trends and implementing changes accordingly. The Coordinator may occasionally direct or guide the work of staff members acting in a support or volunteer role.

This position reports to the Manager, Events Management.

CPA Alberta has offices in Edmonton and Calgary and provides hybrid Telecommuting opportunities (working from home a maximum of 3 days a week).

Further information on the benefits of working with CPA Alberta can be found on our website here .

What you bring

- M inimum of seven years’ experience preferred,



or five years’ experience and a related post-secondary degree/diploma/certification
- Hybrid and Virtual Event Certificate and Virtual Event Meeting Management Certificate
- Strong knowledge of CPA Alberta events and event processes is an asset
- Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Teams).
- Experience with online platforms such as Zoom, Teams, and Eventbrite.
- Comfortable hosting online events and managing online event platforms.
- Exceptional customer service orientation.
- Proven ability to effectively prioritize, execute tasks, and meet deadlines with a sense of urgency.
- Ability to develop and maintain strong professional relationships.
- Strong listening, interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
- Process oriented with strong attention to detail .

What you will be doing

- Takes the lead role for assigned events by developing the critical path, coordinating planning meetings, and ensuring follow-through of tasks to provide an exceptional experience for all guests.
- Review and, where necessary, amend logistical work to ensure consistency and adherence to processes.
- Coordinate logistical aspects related to in-person events, which may include: venue sourcing, selection,



set-up and flow of traffic; ticket and table assignment; online registration and reporting; menu research or selection and organizing food tastings; vendor sourcing, relationship development and onsite management (audio visual partners, suppliers, voice actors, entertainers, etc.); and direct or guide the work of staff acting in a support or volunteer role.
- Coordinate hybrid or virtual event production, which may include: platform research, sourcing and selection; platform set-up and coordinating or inputting relevant information; broadcasting; working with speakers; rehearsals and dry-runs support; development of production schedules.
- Collaborating and working closely with other internal departments or vendors to conceptualize and create materials or products for events.
- Tracking invoicing and estimates to ensure compliance with budgets; travel plans (arrival/departure); hotel blocks/rooming lists; sourcing out event trends or planning venues site visits; packing materials; event reporting (attendance, costs, feedback).
- As well, there may occasionally be administrative tasks or requests that support CPA Alberta events and/or leadership or other key stakeholders.

Why CPA Alberta

CPA Alberta is the professional regulatory organization representing Alberta’s approximately 32,000 Chartered Professional Accountants (CPAs). Alberta’s CPA’s are among the more than 220,000 Canadian CPAs who provide financial and management expertise across the country and around the world, at every level and in every sector. CPA Alberta’s legislated mandate is to protect the int

📌 Coordinator, Events Management (Canada)
🏢 CPA Alberta
📍 Canada